How to obtain the extent of a layer programatically

[StephenLead]

Take an example of a Map Service in the REST API. This contains an Initial Extent and Full Extent:

Intial Extent:
XMin: -207.682974279982
YMin: -40.6075371681153
XMax: -37.1804225764967
YMax: 129.89501453537
Spatial Reference: 4269

When creating a new Tiled or Dynamic layer from this service, the Initial Extent and Full Extent are listed as null in FireBug. How can these values be obtained programmatically?

Feature Layer contains a fullExtent property but I can't see the equivalent for Dynamic or Tiled layers.

The goal is to zoom to the extent of the layer once it's been added.

Thanks,
Steve

[JianHuang · Accepted solution]

Use if (layer.loaded) to make sure you can access those properties. Or, you may want to connect to the "onLoad" event.
Please see details at:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi/layer.htm#loaded

[StephenLead]

Thanks, this works:

        
basemap = new esri.layers.ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer("http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer");
map.addLayer(basemap);
dojo.connect(basemap, "onLoad", function() {
   alert(basemap.fullExtent.xmin);
});